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Small White Aster (Aster vimineus) with Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva punctella)

This is the second time I've seen this particular moth.

Filed under  //  creek   flower   insect   moth   white  
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Posted 1 month ago

Bombus Occidentalis on Aster Laevis

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Posted 1 month ago

Ambush Bug (Phymata americana)

It waits hidden in flowers for its prey to fly by.

     

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Posted 1 month ago

A Dead Dragonfly

I found this dead dragonfly perched on top of a small tree in my back yard.

     

Filed under  //  insect   red   yard  
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Posted 2 months ago

Leaf-footed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis)

I think this is an immature Leaf-footed Bug.

Filed under  //  brown   creek   insect  
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Posted 2 months ago

House Fly (Musca domestica)

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Posted 2 months ago

Brown Stink Bug (Euschistus servus)

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Posted 2 months ago

Small Milkweed Bug (Lygaeus kalmii)

This is reputed to have a bad taste that discourages its being eaten by predators.

Filed under  //  creek   insect   orange  
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Posted 2 months ago

Female Elephant Mosquito (Toxorhynchites rutilus)

It's not as big as it looks. I still haven't identified the wildflower it's sitting on.

   

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Posted 2 months ago

Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus lineolaris)

This is pretty tiny -- about  1/8 inch long, if that.

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Posted 2 months ago